Fodder-cutter



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J. DICK.

FUDDER CUTTER.

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FODDER CUTTER.

(Application filed Apr. 8, 1897.] (No Model.)

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No. 68,668. Patented Nov. 8, I898.

J. DICK.

FODDER CUTTER.

(Application filed Apr. B, 1897.) (No Model.)

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JOSEPH DICK, OF. CANTON, OHIO.

FODDER-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,668, dated November 8, 1898.

Application filed April 8, 1897- Serial No. 631,235. (No model.)

To aZZ wham it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH DICK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Canton, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fodder-Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to fodder cutters and shredders; and its object is to provide an im* proved construction of the same which shall possess superior advantages with respect to efficiency and use.

The invention consists in a novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fodder-cutter constructed in accordance with my invention, the upper portion of the fan-casing being removed to show the knives and fan-blades in their relation to the fan-wheel. Fig. 2 i'sarear view of the machine, showing the fan-casing and its method of attachment to the frame. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview through the fan-casing, showing the driving-shaft and the'flywheel mounted thereon. Fig. 4 is a view of the leg extension. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the leg extension. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the fan-wheel, showing the rotating cutter and fan-blades. Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the double cam-faced adjusting device. Fig. 7 t is a similar view of a single cainfaced adjusting device. Fig. Sis aperspective view of the rotating-cutter extension. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the rotating cutters and the extension thereof and showing the manner of attaching thesame to the fly-wheel. Fig. 10is a sectional view of the shredder and the shredder-plate and the manner of adjusting the same to the fly-wheel. Fig. 11 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the fiy-wheel and fan, and Fig. 12 is an end view of the same.

A is a solid fly-wheel adapted to be mounted upon a shaft and j ournaled in any of the wellknown forms of fodder-cutter frames and to be driven by a belt pulley mounted upon the outer end of theshaft. Upon the rim of this fiywheel A there are provided a series of fans B, which fit over the edge thereof and upon either side thereof and have abrace b, engaging with the upper and outer end thereof and with holes arranged in the fly wheel, by means of which the fans are capable of adjustment at differ ent angles. Around the hub upon which the fly-wheel A is mounted and upon either side of the fly-wheel are arranged a series of fan blades b, which force the material away from the center of the fly-wheel and prevent it from engaging with or choking the shaft. Through the fly-wheel there are bored a series of holes at such places as maybe desired for the purpose of attaching to the fly-wheel by means of bolts or otherwise rotating cutters. I prefer to use and have shown the rotating cutters O and the rotating shredderknives D arranged to be adjusted in their relation to the cutter-plate and the feed-box by means of adj usting-plates E, having the upper face thereof provided with segmental cam-racks e and either a double or single cam-face e to engage with corresponding segmental cam-racks e and cam-faces e arranged upon the under portion of the knife extension F. The knife extension F is provided with a brace 6 cast integral therewith, which connects the upper portion of the knife extension with the horizontal extension carrying the segmental rack 6 Upon the flywheel there is provided a lug 6 which passes between the lugs e and 6 cast upon the under side of the horizontal extension of the knife extension F and prevents the rotary movement thereof. When it is desired to adjust the knives either forward or backward, the screw-bolt passing through the knife and fly-wheel is partially unscrewed, when the segmental rack may be moved forward or backward, raising or lowering the extension and rotating cutters or plates carrying the shredders, and may again be screwed down or locked in the desired adjustment. The fly-Wheel thus provided may be mounted in any of the well-known forms of fodder-cutter frames and driven either by hand or steam power; but I prefer to and have shown it mounted upon a shaft and journaled in a frame, with a belt-pulley upon the outer end of the shaft. To the inner journal-box I attach a sleeve G, which extends to the hub of the fly-wheel, forming a shield or covering too which prevents the cut material from winding around or binding upon the revolving driving-shaft. Around the fly-Wheel thus mounted and carrying the rotating cuttingknives or shredder-knives I provide the fancasing H,with the air-inlets h arranged around the driving-shaft at the center of the fancasing. I also provide a door or opening h at the bottom of the fan-casing, so that in case any portion of the machinery should become loosened and drop down into the fancasing it could be readily removed.

For the purpose of adjusting the frame of the machine so that the cutters will run even and without vibration and to adapt the legs of the frame to any inequality in the floor or surface upon which the machine may be stationed I provide a leg extension M, which consists of a piece of cast metal having a slot 07?. therein and a lug 'm upon its outer surface. Through the slot m there is passed a bolt which engages with the leg of the frame and carries a cam-piece m When it is desired to raise or lower the frame, the nut on the bolt is released and the cam-piece m is moved around so as to raise or lower the leg extension to the desired position, when, the nut being turned fast upon the bolt, the parts are securely locked together and to the leg.

That the material to be cut or shredded may be evenly and continuously fed to the machine without the ordinary hand pressure or manipulation I have provided a continuous feed'table N.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a fodder-cutter, the combination with a solid fly-wheel having mounted thereon a series of adjustable cutters or shredders, the adjustable fan-blades secured to the periphery of said fly-wheel, extension-posts engaging the cutters and fiy-wheel, the adjustable plates having cast therewith segmental camracks and one or more cam-faces, and the connecting screw-bolts, substantially as described.

2. In a fodder'cutter, the combination with the fly-wheel, having mounted thereon a series of adjustable cutters or shredders, the fan-b1ades secured to the circumference or periphery of said fiy-wheel, the fan-blades attached to the hub of the fly-wheel, and the fan-casing provided with an air inlet and exhaust pipe, substantially as described.

3. In a fodder-cutter, the combination with the fly-wheel having mounted 'thereon a series of adjustable cutters or shredders, the adjustable fan-blades secured to the periphery of said fly-wheel, the fan-blades secured to the hub of the fly-wheel, the extensionposts engaging the cutters and fly-wheel, the adjustable plates having cast therewith segmental cam-racks and one or more cam-faces, and the connecting screw-bolts, substantially as described.

4:. The combination in a fodder-cutter, of a knife-extension brace, adapted to be held in engagement with the fly-Wheel, adj ustin gplates engaging therewith having cast thereon segmental earn-racks and one or more camfaces, adapted to engage with corresponding cam racks and faces on the extension-post, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination in a fodder-cutter, and with the leg of the supporting-frame thereof, of a sliding plate and a cam-plate adapted to engage with the lug on the slidin g extensionplate, and means for lockin g them in engagement with each other, and with the leg, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of March, A. I). 1897.

JOSEPH DICK.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. R. MILLER, BURT A. MILLER. 

